A Look Inside a Billionaire's ABANDONED $40,000,000 Mega Mansion! FOUND SECRET ROOM! FHO Ep.130
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Welcome To the Bridle Path, one of Canada's wealthiest neighborhoods and home to many Celebrities over the years such as Drake, Celine Dion, Elton John, and Prince, to name a few.
This Massive 30,000 sqft French Chateau-style Mansion was valued at around $40,000,000 when it was listed in 2014 making it one of the most expensive homes in Canada. It was originally built in 1985 for a real estate developer. He only owned it for a short period of time and was forced to sell it due to a downturn in the economy. In 2002 the home was purchased and for the next several years was restored by the new owners. The mansion features 10 Bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, a massive indoor pool with a retractable floor, allowing it to become a ballroom, a library, a tennis court, several wood-burning fireplaces, a recording studio, a 40 Car garage, and a bomb shelter.
Over the years, the home has played guest to many famous people such as Jane Fonda and former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The mansion has also been used in multiple films such as It Takes Two starring the Olsen twins.
In 2020 the home was purchased and sat vacant for the next few years. Fast forward to a few months ago, demolition crews were on site and this beautiful piece of architecture was demolished. The plan now is to build a home that's 3 times larger at 90,000 sqft. To do this, the neighboring empty lot was purchased and will be merged into this property.
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Being a former high end Real Estate agent starting in the early 80's in Toronto, I am very familiar with this property. When it was announced that this incredibly successful develper was going to build a French chateau style house for himself, at that time, it was considered to be the largest private home in Canada, after the Governor General's (Queen's representative) residence in Ottawa. The property is located in the Billionair's Row, with the largest "backyard" in Toronto. Unfortunately, real estate market crashed due to 10-12% in 1983-86, mortgage rates being forced upon us, and eventually, the owner had to give up his showcase home. It was the jewel property of our city. Watching this video, I was transported back to 40 years, at the apex of my career in real estate. I am 76 yrs. young now, and retired.
Do you know if people would come to retrieve some of those materials before they demolish it?
@@Petty_Mason it’s already been demolished
All that burl wood! Ty
@@Petty_Mason Hi Deb, i came to leave a message that i am going to assume that the whole place was salvaged, sold for affordable prices and many, many people are enjoying these items that they could never afford otherwise. I don't want to think it was sent to a dump.
146agi122- If the previous owner actually had money, he wouldn't have had a mortgage on the property at all. He would have scratched out a check for it. There would have been no need to be "Forced out" of his home due to high interest mortgage rates. Period.
It’s literally making me sick to my stomach at the thought of tearing down a mansion like that withso much valuable materials in there.😢😢😢😢
Same! Literally sick to my stomach!
Yes I agree 💯 such a beautiful place
Hopefully they tried to salvage a lot of it. Seems like a good way to not get into heaven. There is truly such a thing as having too much
$40 million dollar house is expect the bathroom taps to be real gold. I'd happily take as much as I could before they demolish it. Imagine all that marble you could extract it in its entire form sell each one for $10k EACH. Disturbing WASTE of valuable materials
Yes they have small salvage companies that would pay a negotiated fee and come in and remove everything they could resell/reuse like the fixtures,mantels, all the wood work and ceiling crown molding etc. It would be a win win cuz as he said the stuff in this 40 million dollar house is nothing but the best high end quality stuff.. And the last owner or whoever would save some great craftmanship and get a bit of money to pay for his Mistresses boob job or a couple days worth of his cavier.
The craftsmanship and hard work that went into all the gorgeous detail in building this mansion is stunning. So wasteful to demolish it.
Yes I agree such a beautiful mansion ashamed it was demoshied.
So much beauty! Please save it! Do not demolish! 😢😢😢
It should have been dismantled, not demolished. Sooooo many valuable items - doors, windows, marble, flooring, stone, lumber. Imagine what Habitat for Humanity could have done with all that. 😢
Seeing a home like this and how it is to be demolished to make room for a bigger, more expensive and extravagant house is beyond disgusting! The super rich have no concept of humility or moderation only the greed for more and more!
Could not agree more.
They can afford to tear down and rebuild anything they like because they don’t pay taxes and they get all the tax breaks that we don’t which allows them to earn more money and keep more money.
VERY well said👍
I’m pretty sure that if you ask 10 people who can afford this, 10 would demolish and start again. Houses that are 40/50 years old in this price bracket invariably get demolished. The reality is that if you had the money to buy this, you would do the same.
@@Starbeoghtuser3475you are so totally wrong. In the US, the top 10% of taxpayers paid 60% of all income tax in 2023-24, up from 35% in the seventies. It’s hilarious that people hate the rich and judge their choices.
It makes me angry and sad at the same time. Wtf is wrong with people demolishing a house like this?
Agree. Don’t understand the need for monstrous properties. But love to watch this content 👍🏼
Functionally Obsolete
This mansion was at one time gorgeous. Thank you for the lengthy tour of where people have once lived. I will never understand why it needed to be built so huge. How many families lived in here and what was their people amount per family. I'd get lost in there all day long. Even a family of five it's too much wasted space. Some folks just didn't know what to do with their wealth. Was this demolished!? If it was why? This mansion looked livable compared to others I have watched. You know what if it's been closed up for a few years I'd also question if this is what I needed to live in also. 🏰🏝🏖😂😍🧐
I agree, knock down a ridiculously large mansion just so they can build a bigger, more ridiculous mansion. Proof that there are way too many people with a ton of money and few brains.
it does look dated, very top-end 80’s. there might be other structural or building reasons why it has to go. not my taste, the novelty would soon wear off after about a week, then I will be hating rattling around this huge space on my own. heat & light bills will be horrific. too big for me & most people, not bothered to see it go. it’s plot can be used to build something that will be used.
It literally breaks my heart knowing that this amazingly beautiful home was demolished. 😢. Thank you for showing it.
I AM TOYING WETHER TO NOT WATCH IT AS IT SUCH A CRYING SHAME !!
@@suziewilliams6378 sure, it was outdated in the colors, hardware all things easily changed. The house was absolutely gorgeous, but now it’s gone. It was being demolished the next day. Such a shame! I just don’t understand some peoples train of thought.
@@sueperry9327 in Europe they restore & save places not as nice as this. So awful to go destroy it😔😠
I cannot believe they did not salvage some of this. What landfill did they put this House in. Such waste.
What is really a sin is that it doesn't look like much of anything was salvaged from the house before demolition. I sure could have used the wall oven from the kitchen...
It makes me physically nauseous to think that someone could even consider this for demolition.
Same here. 😢
Can't watch too much
Ok now I might be wrong but ten years or so a cleaning lady was working and alarm was not on and they had a robbery and the cleaning lady didn't live.if l remember the😮y rob all the painting???
27:50
The worst thing I think about demolitioning this beautiful mansion. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this one even after sitting vacant.
What profits a man when he gains the whole world 🌎 and looses his soul... There's only one lesson I pick up on almost all your videos a kind reminder that we only passing through this earth (sojourners).
So very true
Very true
Just passing through. Saw that on a memorial bench the other day. Liked it. How I feel lately.
Agree
So true! How big is this person's ego to need to build something bigger and more spectacular than this.
I’m praying a salvage team comes in to retrieve as many things as they can for repurposing, and reselling…it would be a waste not to do this…love your channel thanks for showing us this one.
they won't, rich beasts don't do this, they ravage the planet and don't think twice about salvaging anything! rich beasts are the worst polluters on this planet.
I was thinking the same thing...good lord just that front door..not to mention all those beautiful fire place mantles...soo much to repurpose..SMH
Did anything from this house get salvaged? Such a waste all the beautiful wood alone is heartbreaking…so much could be reused.
@@alisajordan692 A local made a comment that everything in Canada, all property, large and small is meticulously gone through and any and everything of value as salvaged before its bulldozed. This place sure is...WAS something. So sad that it no longer exists.
To think someone would demolish a mansion like that just to build a bigger newer mansion.And with today's modern construction materials I don't think you can recreate Quality like that.
I dont know why they had to tear such a beauty down, but I want to believe they pulled stuff out for salvage. The beautiful wood work, artwork, floral engravings and the marble coloring on those fireplaces...my gosh, someone truly loved this place once.
Shame, on the person who had this home demolished.
It makes me feel sick to know that all that wood work, marble, cabinetry and other fixtures and the astounding painting that was in the hall were demolished. Habitat for Humanity would have loved some of those things. My whole apartment would fit in that ballroom. The lights in the closet in the primary bedroom look like something an entertainer would need for costumes and the stained window in the bathroom is breathtaking. That Aerotone bath looks like a torture chamber. The room at the top of the stairway near the kitchen was likely for in house staff as well as the rooms on the top floor. Then, behind the thick door WOW. I can't believe how the sound changed in the next room you found. All that said, I can see why it was taken down. I've seen video of this house before but you covered so much more, thank you.🌹
Agreed. They could have donated what could be used again!
Such greed and waste. Truly sad.
Hopefully the guys from Salvage Kings saved some of it!
Really great video...😊wow whst a place.
But no one ever needs that much money...madness 🤔
As explained in other posts, it is Canada’s way to salvage everything they can before demolishing, no matter the size or quality of the house.
Such a shame it was demolished. Hopefully someone was able to get in and salvage some of the beautiful fixtures, doors, fireplace surrounds, etc.
The soap stone fireplace mantles are works of art. That home could've been gutted for it's fixtures.
I live in Paris; France and they don't demolish anything in France, spcially something like this. The city would buy it and turn it into a museum.
Absolutely in a class of it's own. It should be a crime to tear it down. The ceilings, hand painting on the walls, crown molding,french doors,the foyer,for heavens sake. I love it just the way it is(was)! Breaks my heart to see such a well made, beautiful mansion brought down. Thank you for sharing it with us!👍👏❤🇺🇸
I would have kept it and just cleaned it up a bit. How could anyone let this stone and marble chateau get ripped down? Mind boggling. 😢
@@queensryke1 I agree 100%!!! It is a beautiful home that needs some tender loving care, not a bull dozer! Heartbreaking...we live in a disposable society unfortunately. 😩🤯❤🇺🇸
Its in North York and 68 is the numerical address. Street he mentioned in the video. There are pictures if you google that show it furnished. Mind blowing someone would demo it just to build bigger.
@@queensryke1 too much money!!!!!!
I can't BELIEVE none of this was preserved!! Am I in the friggin' twilight zone???
I was at a wedding in New Jersey recently in a similar dated mansion/chateau. They converted it into a wedding/event venue. It had an almost identical French painted garden/cafe hall that opened into a bar area that opened into the cocktail area and ballroom. It had a large patio and garden, for the ceremony. Located in a very private secluded area. The renovations to the back of the house, made it able to convert to a venue. They also had to add fields of parking. It was a great idea, so that the chateau would not have to be razed. I enjoyed your filming. Thank You.
It’s a good idea to into a wedding entertainment venue, but I live in Toronto. I know that area very well and when I was young, I used to go in that area and imagine living in one of those mansions. There’s no red area that’s gonna invite any type of venue full-time wedding or any type of entertainment venue. This is the richest area in Canada the most expensive houses in Canada. In fact, Drake built a house in the couple years back probably one of the biggest houses in the path right now. Drake, the singer look it up. It’s a beautiful area the bright path. But when people buy there, they tear it down and rebuild a new one.
I feel like a lot of the doors and windows and bathroom fixtures could have been salvaged -it’s really a shame to think that it probably all got destroyed without any consideration of recycling it.
lol, i thought the same
Guess if you have enough money, you don’t care. Hope the new mansion is more eco friendly. What a waste.
There may have been a deal made for salvaging everything valuable that can be safely removed. Can be a good deal for some savvy developer.
Caroline and I in our own mansion 😁
This is so sad to destroy this master piece. It breaks my heart to know this beautiful home is being destroyed. It could be used in so many ways.
I don't know why anyone would want anything bigger than this house, not to mention that it is beautiful. I certainly hope that some of the paintings and glorious woodwork and trim were salvaged.
Same here, happy new year’s to you 🎉
50 people could live in that house and never see each other but once a year and if you got dressed to go shopping you'd be tired before you found the front door.
It’s INSANE to me that “someone” would just bulldoze it! At least keep the marble, the fixtures,windows etc.
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The third floor on many of these mega mansions were for the nanny, cook security, grounds keeper etc. They are mini apartments. Some rooms were probably used for storage , seasonal items Christmas etc
All that kept going through my mind was all the people starving in this world, families struggling to make ends meet and the homeless suffering every day while some people can live like this.
I agree 100%
Sad world.
Not just live like this but can be so wasteful and just destroy it like it is nothing
Some people just have too much money.. There is so much wasted space in this place...No one needs that many rooms (most of which were probably never used) Crazy.@@collettepuryear3408
I agree. It is a shame. Such a waste of too many hungry and homeless people. So sad
You did a GREAT job on exploring this house. I am so glad you started at the front door and went through rooms in order. Some other people did this house and skipped rooms and jumped around, I had no idea where we were in the house. With you I was able to follow along where we were in the house, so again THANKS. I hope a lot of it was saved, before it was demolished.
Im betting I'm going to enjoy this video very much & probably sub because of your comment. Thanks!
It drives me nuts when channels go into a house & don't show the whole room, they focus on some stupid piece of furniture or something on a wall, skip from room to room & very fast or so close up I can't get the layout of the whole room. Oops longest sentence ever, but you know what I mean. LoL 😆
@@annahgibbus8 So Agree 💯‼️🤓
Just a total representation of excess! Then to detroy the beauty of the wood, the art, fireplaces, the doors, is just a crime. This makes me sick that this happens!
Totally agree!! Well done
Wow. That fall out/safe room was an amazing find!!! Shame it was demolished. Probably easier to build new than renovate. Those gardens would have been spectacular in their day.
some people clearly have too much money.
This is the most insane piece of property I've seen, why on earth would they destroy this place. Someone needs their heads examined. I've never had a home😢😢😢.
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I would be spooked living in a house that big. Probably would not have gone in most the rooms
He's two foot in the house and i'm already mad they tore it down! they should have let a salvage crew come save those fireplace mantles and some of these cool details!
They probably did let salvage come in
You know a salvage company came in. Too much money to be made from all the beautiful things in this mansion.
There just has to be one heckuva good reason for demolishing this totally beautiful mansion because nobody would waste this lovely place. There's more ornate woodwork and hardware in one room alone than most people have in their whole houses. I sure hope that some of these treasures can be saved and reused for future projects.
They mentioned destroying the home so the new owners could build one 3 times/90,000sqft plus bigger!
@@Jillking45 Who on Earth needs a hotel for a house??!!! And how many homeless could be fed and/or housed with the money???
This place looks incredibly clean for being abandoned. I have to wonder who is doing that!
What is wrong with people who have so much money that they can demolish a $40,000,000 home without the slightest hesitation and build another larger one that will one day also be abandoned?
I have taken the tour of this house by other explores and You by far are the best in regards to Your detailing and Your excellent camera work!
Great job, thank You.😊
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The round stained glass window is incredibly beautiful along with the entryway door.
Why would anyone destroy a place like this when there is NOTHING wrong with it!!?? Also, hoping all the amazing fixtures and cabinets will be repurposed.
Grew up in house like this. The bomb shelter has angled hallways, thick doors to deter radiation. Separate water supply. Probably later turned into panic room, sound room, whatever. The upper floor was probably for staff. Nanny, maid, cook etc. what a beautiful home. So sad they couldn’t take out the hand painted floral closet doors, stained window, vanities, doors, knobs etc for re-sale. You will never see quality & detail like this today. In such great shape too! Could have turned into boutique hotel! Sooo sad! 😢
This was an amazing tour!! Such a solid piece of real estate. What a shame to demolish such art and amazing things inside! The windows in this place are amazing! I hope they salvaged everything they could before demolition. Such a waste. My heart is broken. 😢
Yes there was a lot of things to salvage. Clearly alot of money and thought went into this home.
Oh my goodness, absolutely unbelievable. I can't believe it to be demolished, it's dang near perfect condition. Some people definitely have more money than sense.
What ashame, this was demolished 😢
Such a clean and tidy home. Love all of this great mansion❤
What a house! The owner had a sense of humor. You have this beautiful french chateau with beautiful ballrooms and staircases, yet you go down to the dark bowels in the basement of the house to a bar to party.
Some people have more money than sense! Fancy demolishing such a gem! Doesn't matter that it's outdated, it would have been less expensive to update parts that needed it, like giving the pink room a coat of paint. I sincerely hope someone will recycle all the beautiful marble and wood etc! Such a shame to see it go! The plaster work in some of the rooms is gorgeous too. Great explore, thank you.🦘🤑🤨😟🥴😕
I will never be able to have an opulent lifestyle like this, but, it sure was jaw dropping to see Noah! Thank you 😊
Please tell me they are going to take this place down piece by piece. Saving as much as possible. It is absolutely beautiful. It breaks my heart to think that it coming down. This should have known the love of a happy family busy with parties and lots of children. So sad. It deserved much much more.
I just don't understand how the rich can destroy a building so gorgeous!! I didn't see any mold or major damage, What are these ppl doing? 😢
Shame this beautiful house got demolished. It was a real beauty. Saw 2 pictures a couple of months ago of it being demolished. Sucks. I bet what gets built in its place is butt ugly. Stay safe Noah.
Probably one of my favorite explores! You should definitely turn on the live chat when you rewatch this! Noah had a lot of extra info to share. 😊👍
Having watched your video of this house I am very impress at how thorough you are with your filming and it was a pleasure to follow you through the house, the way you do concentrate on certain items is great we viewers wants to see as much as you can show. I saw a lot of beautiful details of the ceiling in this house in your video for the first time. Thank you keep it up love it.
It's a true chateau... No clue why anyone would demolish it, he did an amazing job. You would have to go to France, and drop $40MM on repairs and another 40 on renovations to get anything like it.
What an amazing mansion!!! I just don’t understand why they would tare it down. Such beauty lost😢
What a shame that this beautiful home was torn down. It does need a little color, but the layout and detail, and the curb appeal are all incredible. Torn down to build a 90,000 sq. ft. mansion. That's just an ostentatious display of wealth.
The recording studio stole my heart, can't wait to own one. Thanks for letting us in to this massive house, and to think that they'll be constructing an even bigger one!
It is such a beautiful mansion... such a disgrace that it was getting torn down. Their is absolutely nothing wrong with the house, it's in perfect condition. I tell you the French and other Europeans would Never think of tearing down such a beautiful and extravagant mansion. Only in North America could this happen... what a disgrace!! 🇫🇷 🇺🇲
What a fabulous explore!! I certainly hope that many of the materials were salvaged before they tore it down. Just stunning. In video it was amazing, I can just imagine in person. How lucky you are! This could have easily been a 2 hour explore. Great job Noah! Now I gotta check when Brandon puts his video up to see the nooks you might have missed ;) Thanks.
Hello,happy new year’s to you 🎉
The architectural details in that home are amazing. It’s crazy they are tearing it down to build a home 2.5 times the size. What a waste of nearly impossible to find natural stones. Too bad materials can’t be recovered before demolition. Some updates on dacor but home is not out of style. I worked on many in Naples FL when i lived there, also originally from. Very good explore and camera work and editing.
What is heinous is the Uber rich is like-reduce reuse recycle- you will own nothing and be happy…while they destroy valuable property to build yet another gaudy Mac mansion.
I wonder if the people who lived here ever thought "The price of this bedroom alone could feed many, many hungry people".
It's amazing how people have all this money and leave a beautiful mansion like that just can't believe it
I am sure if the estate didnt sell off the mantels and windows and doors..... the guys who demolished it had a field day getting all this gorgeous stuff for free!
The bomb shelter makes sense. When the house was built in 1985 there was still a Cold War going on with the former Soviet Union. The nuclear threat was believed to be real and some people were still putting bomb shelters into their home.
Ever visit the Biltmore in Ashville NC? it was built in 1896 and is 175,000 sq ft. Makes this place look like a doll house lol. Not really but kind of.
Why the heck would you tear this beautiful place down. What a shame! Hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Because they can. Don't care about all the wasted resources.
Being a former high end R.E.agent in Toronto, I am familiar with this fabulous property. I am also shocked to hear that it will be demolished for sentimental reasons, however, with all the new wealthy immigrants arriving into Canada, mainly Toronto, they all want NEW HOUSES, with all the bells and whistles of most up to date technical and architectural designs. Although, if the present owner is planning to spend tens of millions, this chateau style home has fabulous bones, and a full renovation could turn out to be even better due to having already solid foundation.
what an absolute shame that this home is / was demolished !! The least that should be done is to hire a reclamation company to come in and salvage as much as possible
What an incredible tour! And I was thrilled to read the Toronto realtor comment. The small rooms upstairs of the kitchen/back stairs with the carpeting vs the hardwood and the small bathrooms are the staff/housekeeper quarters. Absolutely epic house. I'm weeping that it was torn down. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for letting us see all the gorgeous homes ❤❤❤
Great job on this video! Isn’t the house unreal? So sad they tore it down. I can’t imagine anyone needing a bigger and better house than this.
Such a waste of resources. Shame.
Because it's haunted at night by something inside this picture coming out...
So much wasted space too. @@williebeamish5879
Upstairs could have been for staff. When you have a house that size you need to have help. Great find.
Hello, happy new year’s to you 🎉
I absolutely love this mansion and the design time frame! I loved the kitchen and the staircase, the library or study with the beautiful wood, the arches, and so much more. I guarantee I love this more than any new updated larger mansion they are going to build. Newer, more modern and bigger doesn’t always mean nicer and better! I’m so disappointed they demolished this beautiful mansion! What a waste! The pink ballroom reminds me of a scene I saw of Charles & Diana’s story where he’s visiting her sister at their home and Diana is sneaking through in some costume supposedly trying to hide from Charles because her sister said not to be seen (but she wanted to see him) and they start talking. It totally looks like it from the doors on each side to the three arched windows or French doors in the middle! I haven’t even finished watching this yet! But thank you for filming this! Do you travel all over to get videos of these abandoned mansions then since this one is in Canada? I also take it you travel with the other guy that I’ve been seeing and hearing in the background of the last several videos I’ve watched.
Or maybe that’s someone that’s given you permission to tour the mansion so he has to be there?
This truly makes me sad! There is nothing wrong with this beautiful estate and it is going to be destroyed by more greed! It is truly ashame!
This is one of those places where I hope the Salvage Kings Show would be called to. There is a fortune in this place, just in bathroom furnishings.
It would be nice to see a makeshift floor plan of your explores if you have the time.
Great videos.
26:30 Brent (Abandoned Urbex Canada) looked that thing up and I think he said it was an ice bath deal? But it could have been an early jacuzzi tub too. Wild though.
This place reminds me a bit of CasaLoma in Toronto. So gorgeous. I don't know why it had to be demolished either.
I looked it up, it seems to be a very early jacuzzi, as you said!
Hello,happy new year’s 🎉to you
I agree...soul is most important. It breaks my heart that all the effort that went into this mansion is destroyed for something "bigger" when it could have been used for a multitude of families. What a waste on every level. Tragic. Truly tragic.
What a gorgeous building , amazing architecture! why does it have to be torn down ??
Noah I love going on these explores w you
Love the channel great job 😊
Its an absolute travesty that all this stunning craftsmanship will be destroyed rather than salvaged before it's demolished.
How sad it was demolished. We never keep our "castles".
Love love love this house, such a beauty the gardens house everything . It just needed someone to love and cherish it and now it’s gone forever. Whatever they build here now will never match it’s beautiful ambience
This place is creepy. It does not seem like it could ever be a "home".
Right I know it’s a mansion but some be to big just to call home literally look like you live in a school building or something literally just walk in a room you don’t even know you have
No it probably wasn't. 😢
I have a feeling they're going to extend/keep the "bomb shelter." That could actually be why they're rebuilding a "larger" structure on top. Who knows?
This is my favorite exploration video ever. What a fascinating place! And the bomb shelter was the icing on the cake. Thank you so much for exploring! 😍
dude there's a nursery (you suggested it was a music studio), staff quarters, & rooms for older children and guests. I'm surprised at the fireplaces and suspicious lack of central heating/ac. Toronto runs from -40C to +40C. BTW love that pool
This place is truly magical, thank you for sharing
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There is nothing I don't like about this house although I do agree that is kind of too big. But that upstairs bathroom with the round window? OMG, I could so live with that? Thanks, Noah this was awesome
Loved that bathroom too! although i had a hard time with where they would have put a bed in that bedroom other than right in the middle of the floor! lol
When you're that rich, I'm sure they probably had an amazing staff! I'm sure the staircase off of the kitchen was for the staff quarters. Why would anyone demolish this place without trying to recycle and reclaim all of the fireplace mantles! All of the beautiful bathroom fixtures like the handles etc. I'm sure people would snap this stuff up and get it at a discount, I'm sure. It's also amazing that it has remained untouched! All of the stained glass is amazing! What I wouldn't give to have it! Everything screams of wealth! As you walk around, I continue to be blown away! Around every corner, there is something more interesting! That thing, by the pool, is for hydrotherapy, I believe. The bathroom is not from the 50's, it represents the 70's, to me. I'm commenting as you walk through. LOL Up the stairs with the flowered carpet, this were staff quarters for sure! I wonder just how many they employed to take care of the mansion? No, no! Not family but staff! Holy moley, a b unker bomb shelter!! Think if a nuclear attack happened, you'd probably have to stay down there for a good while! You'd be living down there, thatt it would be like a second home. Like you, I'm truly blown away!! Sorry to go on and on, but wow!!
This classically beautiful mansion would never be outdated, nor the pink marble.. I’ve never seen anything like it, either…a glimpse into how the 1% live. Think of the cost of heating this house during a Canadian winter! To me, it’s a crime to demolish it, only to build an obscenely large home which wastes even more natural resources. This is the first time I’ve been on your CZcams channel. Thanks so much for the magnificent tour.
Love this. I hope they salvaged some of the things.
I loved your tour of this house!! But it almost made me cry. Why did the owners not allow specialists to go in and salvage all that they could? I realize that they do not need the money but to destroy all that beauty is a mortal sin in my opinion!! Who needs three times the space of the original house? I am very sure that the workmanship in the ""new"" house will not in any way match what was there before. It hurts my heart to see this kind of destruction. Just because you can does not mean you should. Hopefully the new owners will not run out of money before they finish their monstrosity.
The back stairs off the kitchen that were carpeted, went to the servants quarters of the mansion. I love all of your videos that you share. It's like walking down memory lane! THANK YOU!!
Such a shame and a waste that such a beautiful place was abandoned and torn down. This place was awesome to see thanks❤❤
At any time were you afraid you weren't going to find your way out? Holy cow that's huge!!
That's what she said 😅
It's too bad some of the interiors couldn't be salvaged. The beautiful doors, bathroom vanities, fireplaces, claw foot tub etc. Hard to believe it will all be junked, it does speak to excess and materialism.
I CAN NOT STAND seeing such a magnificent piece of architecture destroyed for absolutely no reason. We can be so creative, yet so damn destructive. A true shame. Thank you for sharing this with us man.
This place is gorgeous. It's a shame it's going to be destroyed. Think of the good that could come from renovating this for our homeless veterans or aging seniors. Does anyone know if the fellow that had it built is still living or the current owner?
If that was in the UK Salvage crews would have gone in and stripped it out and recycled as much as they could, we have special salvage yards that sell it to public
You were so overwhelmed by this house just think it's going to be torn down and an even bigger one built. Unbelievable!! If you take a wrong turn you could get lost with all the hallways and rooms. I sure hope someone took time to rescue all the beautiful fireplaces, mantles and such. I'm not sure I'd enjoy living there (even with enough money to afford it) and like you I'm not a fan of too much (empty) space. Great video!!
I had a wonderful time on this tour! A dream come true touring it. Thank you 🙏🏻
It’s disgusting how much money people waste on bs and ignore their fellow man’s struggles. We are slaves for the elites.
Seems like a rehab place could try to save some of the workmanship that was put in this mansion. LIKE the marble fireplaces, the 16 ft doors, the kitchen countertopd, etc. Such a shame it couldn"t be restored
All those cabinets downstairs... Imagine how many table cloths, place settings, kitchen towels, bath towels, sheets, other bed linens, cleaning cloths, etc. Candle holders, maybe decorations for holidays.
A place that big would call for tons of stuff.
Need storage for all that. The regular Hall closets would just not be proper to house that kind of thing 😁
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. What an embarrassing shameful waste.
I know when you walked through the basement you were thinking recording studio and bomb shelter but I swear I was thinking this is where they torture people. I mean wtf. Why do they need that cage? But for real, I’m sad they’re tearing it down.
I was thinking that, too! The blood on the locker floor felt like a confirmation !! Yikes!
Even though I love Mid Century Modern and Modernism- I would not have tore this gem down. I would have just updated it some. Very Cool Explore. Keep Orange Crushing It.